New York, December 20, 2013--The Committee to Protect
Journalists welcomes today's conviction by Moscow's
Lyublinsky court of Russian businessman Pavel Sopot for inciting the 2000 murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Igor Domnikov. The
court sentenced Sopot to a seven-year term in a high-security prison, and ordered
him to pay the journalist's widow 1 million rubles (US$30,317) in compensation.

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New York, November 26, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s conviction and sentencing of Russian opposition blogger Sergei Reznik to 18 months in prison in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. CPJ urges Russian authorities to scrap the verdict on appeal.

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New York, November 18, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to join the many voices around the world demanding justice for murdered journalists and remembering the fallen on November 23, International Day to End Impunity. As Russia finalizes preparations for hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics and looks to its upcoming tenure on the U.N. Human Rights Council, this is the ideal time for Moscow to affirm its commitment to tackling impunity, CPJ said.
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New
York, October 31, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a
decision by the Moscow City Court today to revoke the license of independent
online news agency Rosbalt and urges Russian authorities to overturn the ruling
on appeal.

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On
September 18, 2013, British freelance journalist and former videographer for The Times of London Kieron Bryan, 29, was
detained along with Russian freelance photographer Denis Sinyakov and 28
Greenpeace activists and ship crew members off the north coast of Russia. Bryan
was covering a Greenpeace demonstration in protest of oil mining in the Arctic,
according to local and international press reports.

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New York, September 27, 2013--Russian
authorities should immediately release a freelance photographer who was
detained nine days ago while covering a Greenpeace demonstration, the Committee
to Protect Journalists said today. A court on Thursday ordered Denis Sinyakov to
be held for two months pending an investigation into accusations of piracy,
news reports said.

The
Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch have jointly called on
the six presidential candidates of the International Olympics Committee to
ensure that future host countries of the Olympic Games fully comply with human
rights principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter, including press freedom and
non-discrimination.

New
York, July 18, 2013--Russian authorities must free on appeal the anti-corruption
blogger and opposition activist Aleksei Navalny, who was
convicted on politicized charges of embezzlement today and sentenced to five
years in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Navalny was jailed
immediately after the verdict was announced, according to news reports.